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Momordica charantia
L.
Wild balsam-apple, Balsampear
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Family: Cucurbitaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere.
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
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Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
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Other data on Momordica charantia available from :
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Momordica charantia
has been found in the following
135 conservation areas
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Occurrence
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Native Status
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Alice C. Wainwright Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Arch Creek Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Big Cypress National Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Bill Sadowski Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Biscayne National Park
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Reported
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Black Creek Forest
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Blowing Rocks Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Boystown Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Camp Owaissa Bauer
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Castellow Hammock parcel 28
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Castellow Hammock parcel 31
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Castellow Hammock parcel 33
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Castellow Hammock Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Cayo Costa State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Chapman Field Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Chernoff Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Coconut Creek Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Crandon Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park
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Assumed to be Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Danforth
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Deering Estate at Cutler
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Delray Oaks Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Dolphin Center STD: Scrub Oak Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Don Pedro Island State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Dupuis Reserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Eachus Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Enchanted Forest Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Everglades National Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Fern Forest Nature Center
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Florida City Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Frenchman's Forest Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Fuchs Hammock Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Gasparilla Island State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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George N. Avery Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Gold Coast Railroad Museum
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Gopher Tortoise Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Goulds Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Greynolds Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Halpatiokee Regional Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Harden Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Hattie Bauer Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Hawk's Hammock Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Homestead Bayfront Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Ingram Pineland
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Present
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Native
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J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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John D. MacArthur Beach State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
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Reported
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John U. Lloyd Beach State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Jonathan Dickinson State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Juno Dunes Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Jupiter Ridge Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Kendall Indian Hammocks Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Koreshan State Historic Site
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Larry and Penny Thompson Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Loggerhead Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Long Key/Flamingo Road Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Loveland Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Lucille Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Matanzas Pass Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Matheson Hammock Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Meissner Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Miami Metrozoo
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Military Trail Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Mound Key Archaeological State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Muscara
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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National Key Deer Refuge
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Reported
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Navy Wells Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Navy Wells Pineland #23
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Nicodemus Slough
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Northrop Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Oleta River State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Palm Drive Pineland
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Present
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Native
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Peck Lake Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Picayune Strand State Forest
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Pine Island Ridge Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Pine Ridge Sanctuary
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Pine Shore Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Porter-Russell Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Prairie Pines Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Prospect Road Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Quail Roost Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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R. Hardy Matheson Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rock Pit #39
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rockdale Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rocky Point Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rolling Oaks Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Ron Ehman Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rosemary Ridge Preserve
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Rosemary Scrub Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Savannas Preserve State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Scrub Oak Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Seabranch Preserve State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Seacrest Scrub Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Secret Woods Buffer and Nature Center
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Silver Palm Groves
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Silver Palm Hammock
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Simpson Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Snake Creek/Miramar Pineland Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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South Beach Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Stump Pass Beach State Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Sunny Palms Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tall Cypress Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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The Jungle Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tilton
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tree Island Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tree Tops Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Trinity Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Tropical Park
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Twin Rivers
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Virginia Key and Marine Stadium
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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West Biscayne Pineland
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Woodmont Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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Yamato Scrub Natural Area
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Present
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Not Native, Naturalized
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All Images:
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Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
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Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
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Copyright by: Chuck McCartney
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Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
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